Daily Schedule

On today’s show: Our resident chemist and industrial hygienist Monona Rossol returns to talk about the proposed Toxic Chemicals Safety Act that is currently before Congress. Then, literary critic James Wood joins us for the third installment of our Underappreciated summer reading series—we’ll examine the life and work of English writer Henry Green. Also, restaurateur Zarela Martinez talks to us about authentic Mexican food. Plus, Amitava Kumar looks at the cultural logic and global repercussions of the war on terror.

Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

Previewing Tuesday’s Connecticut primary; checking in on the Senate before summer recess; tearing down freeways to make room for pedestrians; and the future of book publishing.

Reading program notes can actually reduce your enjoyment of a piece of music, according to a new study. Today: we debate whether program notes make you an informed listener – or if "ignorance is bliss." Then, former 10,000 Maniacs singer Natalie Merchant shares her latest two-disc album of original music with lyrics adapted from poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Graves, and others. This is a repeat edition of Soundcheck.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

Victoire, a quirky Brooklyn-based band founded by composer Missy Mazzoli, combines strings, clarinets, keyboards and lo-fi electronics (including samples of sewing machines and answering machine tapes) to create their "minimalist, post-rock bliss.”